SUNBURY REMEMBERS
2021 marks 100 years of the Royal British Le-gion support-ing the armed forces community. It is also 100 years since the start of The Poppy Appeal.
Mel Searle from the Royal British Legion Sunbury Branch togeth-er with others from the branch and a small group of volunteers from the com-munity are working to ensure Sunbury marks Remembrance Day in the most fitting way possible.
At the time of writing it is uncertain that we will able to organise a full parade in Sunbury in 2021 as was done in 2019, especially given the continuing uncer-tainties in relation to COVID. Spelthorne’s 8 parade groups are meeting with the Council to discuss options but it is possible that events marking Remem-brance in the borough will be quite dif-ferent to what they were pre-pandemic.
More details will be published shortly and in the meantime we are focussing on supporting The Poppy Appeal in the run up to Remembrance Day and devel-oping the idea of organising a lo-cal Tommy Trail.
Mel Searle, who is also Sunbury’s Poppy Lady, kicked off this year’s Sunbury Poppy Appeal with a Poppy Appeal Day at the Admiral Hawke on Saturday, 18th September and is organis-ing Lamppost Poppies again with Kaye Lennon from Knight’s Glass.
Mel and her small team of fundraisers have also been encouraging businesses and local organisations to get involved by sponsoring a Tommy stat-ue for a Tommy Trail.
At the time of going to press we have so far had sponsorship promised from the following organisations for Tommy statues: Crick Heit-man Accountants. Knights Glass. Lodge Bros. Rigby Golding Solicitors. Spelthorne Sports Club and Tesco. We have also had community sponsorship from individuals and we thank them for their generous support.
More details of this year’s appeal can be found on the Sunbury Poppy Appeal Facebook page here https://www.facebook.com/melanie.searle.52.
If you would like more information on any of the above, if you can help with fundraising or if you would like a wreath and have yet to order one, please call Mel Searle on 01932 785836 or mail sunburypoppy@outlook.com.